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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
81Dale Earnhardt Jr.	1	69	6.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	6¹⁰	8¹⁰	10.5¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	102.1⁵	10.5²	9.0²	10.0²	8.5²	-14.6⁴	25⁴⁹	7.6¹⁰	14.5²	1.2⁵	—	-5.7⁶	10.0³	9.0³	+3.3³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	1997: P22 from 2 · led 22	13 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 9.2
21Kevin Harvick	4	67	9.8¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	7¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	29.8%¹⁰	100.4¹	—	—	—	—	-8.7¹⁰	25⁴⁹	6.9¹²	—	3.8⁵	—	+3.3⁶	7.0²¹	10.5²¹	-3.1²¹	0.0²¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²¹	4.8%²¹	—	2000: P26 from 3	28 st · 5 W · best P1 · avg 7.6
03Carl Edwards	14	65	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	13.7%¹⁰	106.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-3.0⁹	7⁴⁹	6.8¹²	—	5.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2005: P7 from 1 · led 16	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 9.7
23Kenny Wallace	3	60	10.5¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	7¹⁰	8.7¹⁰	3.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	9.9¹²	—	15.0⁵	—	-5.0⁶	15.0³³	9.4³³	-2.3³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	12.1%³³	—	1989: P5 from 14	36 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
5Kyle Busch	8	60	13.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	13.4%¹⁰	99.9⁹	19.6²	—	—	—	+1.6⁵	25⁴⁹	8.7¹²	7.0¹	13.6⁵	—	-12.3⁶	6.6³³	8.7³³	-3.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	3.0%³³	—	2004: P3 from 12	26 st · 9 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
37David Green	5	60	11.6¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7⁶	25⁴⁹	13.8¹²	—	12.2⁵	—	-12.7⁶	12.0³³	10.7³³	-3.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	9.1%³³	—	1991: P2 from 10	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
17Matt Kenseth	25	59	18.0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	4¹⁰	17.0¹⁰	9.9%¹⁰	100.1¹	—	—	—	—	-3.0¹	7⁴⁹	7.1¹²	—	10.6⁵	—	+15.0⁶	21.0¹⁵	13.6¹⁵	+9.2¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁵	20.0%¹⁵	—	1997: P20 from 20	17 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 13.8
22Jason Keller	23	57	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	14.5¹²	—	10.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	16.4³³	10.2³³	+1.1³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	6.1%³³	—	1993: P20 from 15	33 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.1
2Ron Hornaday Jr.	16	57	14.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	14.2¹⁰	2.2%¹⁰	109.9²	—	—	—	—	+0.4⁷	25⁴⁹	20.5¹¹	—	11.6⁵	—	-0.3⁶	14.4³³	9.7³³	+0.6³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2000: P18 from 24	10 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.3
27Johnny Sauter	27	56	17.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	83.3⁵	—	—	—	—	+15.7³	25⁴⁹	13.1¹²	—	12.8⁵	—	-1.0⁶	15.3³³	11.7³³	-6.0³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.09³³	27.3%³³	—	2002: P35 from 13	13 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.2
38Kasey Kahne	6	56	16.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	14.7¹⁰	4.4%¹⁰	95.7⁶	—	—	—	—	+28.5¹	3⁴⁹	15.5¹¹	—	13.2⁵	—	+5.0⁶	8.0²⁹	11.8²⁹	-6.0²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17²⁹	17.2%²⁹	—	2002: P32 from 28	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.6
32David Stremme	11	54	18.3⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	12.9⁷	2.1%⁷	82.7⁶	—	—	—	—	-3.9⁵	3⁴⁹	16.9¹⁰	—	14.4⁵	—	-1.7⁶	15.2³³	12.8³³	-3.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12³³	27.3%³³	—	2004: P18 from 6	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 18.3
55Robby Gordon	20	54	23.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	28.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	10.0²	—	13.2⁵	—	+1.0⁶	12.5²⁴	9.9²⁴	-1.2²⁴	0.0²⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁴	12.5%²⁴	—	2004: P23 from 28	1 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 23.0
66Jamie McMurray	7	53	20.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	18.2⁹	0.0%⁹	88.6³	—	—	—	—	+1.4⁵	3⁴⁹	19.8¹²	—	11.6⁵	—	+2.0⁶	17.3¹³	16.0¹³	+2.4¹³	0.0¹³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08¹³	23.1%¹³	—	2001: P25 from 30	9 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 20.0
4Mike Wallace	32	53	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	18.5¹²	—	17.0⁵	—	+0.3⁶	26.0³³	9.4³³	+4.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.15³³	21.2%³³	—	1992: P17 from 7	31 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 21.8
12Tim Fedewa	19	53	16.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+13.5²	25⁴⁹	17.4¹²	—	17.4⁵	—	-10.0⁶	19.7³³	10.4³³	-0.9³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.21³³	24.2%³³	—	1993: P16 from 34	22 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.1
20Mike Bliss	17	53	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.7⁷	—	—	—	—	-6.7³	25⁴⁹	19.0¹²	—	15.8⁵	—	-5.7⁶	11.2³³	10.3³³	-3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	9.1%³³	—	2003: P5 from 18	21 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 17.6
11Paul Menard	15	52	17.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	2⁹	20.2⁹	0.0%⁹	84.0⁸	—	—	—	—	+3.0⁴	25⁴⁹	15.8¹²	—	19.0⁵	—	+3.0⁶	19.5²⁶	6.7²⁶	-0.4²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	11.5%²⁶	—	2004: P28 from 27	9 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 17.9
47Robert Pressley	21	52	15.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	15.6¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	18.0¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	-1.3⁶	23.4³³	6.5³³	+3.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	6.1%³³	—	1989: P19 from 27	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.4
74Tony Raines	2	52	15.6¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-4.3³	25⁴⁹	17.8¹²	—	22.0⁵	—	+2.0⁶	23.1¹⁷	11.9¹⁷	+0.1¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.29¹⁷	41.2%¹⁷	—	1999: P39 from 26	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.1
00Jason Leffler	26	51	20.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.2¹⁰	3.2%¹⁰	89.8⁷	—	—	—	—	-0.9⁴	25⁴⁹	17.3¹²	—	16.4⁵	—	+4.0⁶	8.7²⁶	9.3²⁶	-2.1²⁶	0.0²⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04²⁶	7.7%²⁶	—	2000: P25 from 43	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.6
8Martin Truex Jr.	12	51	17.0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	3⁵	6.0⁵	14.9%⁵	81.3³	—	—	—	—	+9.3³	25⁴⁹	18.7⁶	—	21.2⁵	—	+5.3⁶	5.8³³	7.6³³	-1.8³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³³	0.0%³³	—	2003: P6 from 13	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 17.0
60Greg Biffle	9	51	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	5¹⁰	9.8¹⁰	7.3%¹⁰	101.6⁴	—	—	—	—	+0.8⁴	7⁴⁹	13.3¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	-13.0⁶	14.2³³	12.8³³	+2.2³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	18.2%³³	—	2001: P30 from 5	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.5
72Kevin Lepage	31	49	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.9¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-5.7³	25⁴⁹	22.1¹²	—	21.6⁵	—	+1.3⁶	36.1¹⁰	7.8¹⁰	+10.0¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	1994: P26 from 19	25 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 25.1
99Michael Waltrip	18	49	17.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	8.1%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	16.0¹²	—	25.6⁵	—	-7.0⁶	18.3³⁰	9.1³⁰	+2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	—	1988: P23 from 16	27 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 19.4
59Stacy Compton	24	48	21.6⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	22.2⁹	0.0%⁹	67.9⁴	—	—	—	—	-4.9⁵	7⁴⁹	22.1¹¹	—	18.8⁵	—	+13.3⁶	22.1³³	8.5³³	+2.5³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³³	9.1%³³	—	2002: P36 from 5	9 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 21.6
24Steve Grissom	42	48	16.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	2¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	21.1¹²	—	27.4⁵	—	+7.7⁶	37.1²⁵	8.8²⁵	+8.4²⁵	0.0²⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.08²⁵	32.0%²⁵	—	1988: P16 from 26	24 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 18.9
02Hermie Sadler	39	47	18.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5²	25⁴⁹	19.5¹²	—	26.2⁵	—	-2.0⁶	28.9²⁹	8.6²⁹	+1.4²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁹	31.0%²⁹	—	1993: P6 from 32	18 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 21.1
25Mike McLaughlin	10	47	22.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	3.3%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	+22.0²	7⁴⁹	18.0¹²	—	24.0⁵	—	+4.0⁶	14.1¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	-6.9¹⁰	0.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.20¹⁰	20.0%¹⁰	—	1995: P30 from 35	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.5
39Tina Gordon	41	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	—	—	27.2⁵	—	-7.3⁶	39.2¹¹	5.6¹¹	+3.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00¹¹	72.7%¹¹	—	first start here	—
14Casey Atwood	22	46	25.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	36.6³	—	—	—	—	-1.1⁶	25⁴⁹	18.5¹¹	—	21.6⁵	—	-5.3⁶	19.5²⁸	8.9²⁸	+0.2²⁸	0.0²⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁸	7.1%²⁸	—	1998: P40 from 20	10 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 25.8
28Mark Green	33	45	24.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	21.9¹²	—	23.2⁵	—	-10.7⁶	27.6¹⁷	7.5¹⁷	-4.8¹⁷	0.0¹⁷	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12¹⁷	58.8%¹⁷	—	1997: P40 from 14	21 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 27.0
46Ashton Lewis	37	44	24.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	77.5²	—	—	—	—	+4.0²	25⁴⁹	25.5¹²	—	22.2⁵	—	-0.7⁶	19.1³³	8.0³³	+2.7³³	0.0³³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.06³³	6.1%³³	—	1998: P42 from 26	12 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.3
36Travis Geisler	38	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	24.5²	—	30.0⁵	—	+2.3⁶	29.5¹¹	6.9¹¹	+3.3¹¹	0.0¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	18.2%¹¹	—	first start here	—
91Stanton Barrett	29	43	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	27.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	49.5⁵	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	31.8¹⁰	—	19.8⁵	—	+6.0⁶	31.4¹⁸	9.2¹⁸	-0.1¹⁸	0.0¹⁸	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.11¹⁸	61.1%¹⁸	—	1992: P26 from 28	10 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 24.9
1Casey Mears	13	43	30.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.8⁴	0.0%⁴	61.6¹	—	—	—	—	+10.0³	3⁴⁹	22.3⁷	—	19.0⁵	—	-3.3⁶	11.6¹²	12.5¹²	-4.4¹²	0.0¹²	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.17¹²	16.7%¹²	—	2002: P23 from 27	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.8
49Derrike Cope	40	42	24.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	29.3¹	—	—	—	—	+10.0²	7⁴⁹	30.9¹²	—	22.4⁵	—	-17.0⁶	36.0²⁹	5.5²⁹	+4.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03²⁹	41.4%²⁹	—	1994: P8 from 14	23 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 28.8
88Jeff Fuller	34	42	14.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	21.7¹⁰	6.0%¹⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	32.5¹²	—	34.2⁵	—	-14.7⁶	29.1²⁹	2.5²⁹	-11.6²⁹	0.0²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	100.0%²⁹	—	1995: P14 from 29 · led 6	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
18J.J. Yeley	28	40	30.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	26.5¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	50.5¹⁰	—	—	—	—	+7.1⁸	25⁴⁹	23.5¹²	—	24.6⁵	—	+7.3⁶	21.5¹⁶	9.9¹⁶	+3.0¹⁶	0.0¹⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.13¹⁶	12.5%¹⁶	—	2005: P21 from 33	19 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.7
75Jay Sauter	30	38	29.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	28.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	37.8³	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	23.3¹⁰	—	29.8⁵	—	+11.3⁶	30.4⁵	13.2⁵	+1.6⁵	0.0⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁵	60.0%⁵	—	2000: P31 from 35	11 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 27.7
10Gus Wasson	35	36	30.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	29.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	—	25⁴⁹	30.5²	—	27.4⁵	—	-15.3⁶	36.3³⁰	5.1³⁰	+6.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	33.3%³⁰	—	1999: P36 from 28	4 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 30.8
56Eric McClure	36	35	29.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.8¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	40.0¹⁰	—	—	—	—	-5.3²	25⁴⁹	31.4¹²	—	30.4⁵	—	-1.3⁶	34.3³	5.7³	+6.0³	0.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³	0.0%³	—	2006: P41 from 39	17 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 28.0
77Jimmy Kitchens	43	26	36.0²	0²	0²	0²	30.5²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	—	7⁴⁹	41.0¹	—	35.4⁵	—	-2.0⁶	38.0¹⁵	6.1¹⁵	+2.5¹⁵	0.0¹⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.07¹⁵	66.7%¹⁵	—	1999: P29 from 18	2 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 36.0